Should This Family Be Illegal?
A decade ago, when we moved to Walltown and were getting to know our neighbors, my friend Andy Marin moved to Boystown in Chicago. Like me, Andy is an evangelical Christian. In the churches where he came t...
A Moderately Conservative Case for the Defeat of NC Amendment 1
As soon as my husband accepted our friends’ offer of an “Another Family Against the Amendment” yard sign in January, I knew exactly how it would play out. The corrugated plastic sign wouldn’t be forgotten in ...
A Third Way? Beyond the “Affirming / Not Affirming” Dichotomy
I should begin by explaining why I am writing this piece anonymously. It is not because I wish to protect myself from the inevitable criticism that comes with any position on the topic of sexuality in the ch...
Open and Affirming Because of the Bible
I want to start by saying that any time there are two people with opposing views concerning a third group of people, the resulting conversation will involve much audacity, hubris and privilege. That I am give...
Open? Yes! Affirming? No.
I’ve been running into a lot of comments from friends across the blogosphere lately, revolving around the issue of how the church should respond to homosexuality today. I write this response with ...
Anti-Gay?
I was sitting at the edge of my seat, anxiously waiting for Hybels to make his announcement. As a former Starbucks partner (the internal terminology used for employees) and manager, the cancellation of Howard...
Shocked About New York Gay Marriage
I saw on the news the other day that on the first day of LGBT couples having the right to get legally married in New York, the New York City Clerks Office (NYCCO) reported that a record 659 marriage licenses...
An Understanding of Radical Love
I am a Christian, so I know love. I know love because I am loved.
Unconditionally.
I know what love is supposed to look like and feel like. I know how I am suppose to love because Jesus invented the come-as-...
Sign My Petition for a Constitutional Amendment to Ban Divorce!
It’s time to ban divorce. That’s right, I said it. We need to protect the sanctity of marriage by following the New Testament teaching of Jesus that couples are not to divorce. The days of Moses are over a...
Compassion Towards the LGBT Community
Eric Hoffer, in his book The True Believer, makes an incredibly profound statement. He declares that a movement can exist without a god, but never without a devil! Hitler understood that when he made the J...